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Lance Bernard: Where Democrats’ list of ‘first’ nominees will lead us

The Democratic Part strategy: always nominate someone “historical.”

2008 – First African-American nominated. Historical!

2016 – First woman nominated. Historical!

2024 – First openly-gay nominated. Historical!

2032 – First transgender nominated. Historical!

2040 – First clone nominated. Historical!

2048 – First bi-species nominated. Historical!

2056 – First trans-human nominated. Historical!

2064 – First ex-Machina nominated. Historical!

After that, humans became irrelevant and within 1,000 years found themselves on the verge of extinction. Then one was found huddled in a cave in Northern Microsoftia. He is now known as: The first Caucasian male nominated. Historical!

Lance Bernard, Turlock

This story was originally published August 10, 2016 at 12:04 PM with the headline "Lance Bernard: Where Democrats’ list of ‘first’ nominees will lead us."

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